等

Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

• dèng凳

  stool
• dēng灯

  lamp

  HSK 2
• dēng燈

  lamp; light
• dēng登

  to scale (a height)

  HSK 4
• dèng瞪

  glom

  HSK 7-9
• dēng蹬

  to step on

  HSK 7-9

Example sentences

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1. 01

   qǐng请děng等yī一xià下。

   Please wait a moment.

2. 02

   wǒ我zài在děng等gōngjiāochē公交车。

   I'm waiting for the bus.

3. 03

   děng等děng等wǒ我。

   Wait for me.

4. 04

   wǒmen我们zài在chēzhàn车站děng等tā他。

   We're waiting for him at the station.

5. 05

   děng等le了hěn很jiǔ久，chē车hái还méi没lái来。

   I've waited long, but the bus hasn't come.

6. 06

   jiēguǒ结果zěnmeyàng怎么样，děng等zhe着kàn看ba吧。

   Let's wait and see the result.

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